Caravaggio's Deposition, or Entombment. With most artists we know about their lives and personalities from biographies that friends or contemporaries wrote about them.
In the case of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, however, we know about his life primarily from police records! From these accounts, we learn that he had a bad temper and could be violent, and that he was frequently arrested and imprisoned for assault. He appears on the police records for mild offenses like carrying weapons without permission, as well as more serious ones where he is involved in violent fights. He was even questioned once because he "gave offense" to a woman and her daughter—one wonders what that could mean!
Ultimately, he killed a man over a bet and spent the last few years of his life on the run from the police. Caravaggio, Deposition (or Entombment), oil on canvas, c. 1600-04 (Pinocateca, Vatican) There are several things that are important about this: There is no background—only darkness. Conversation: 'Caravaggio: a Life Sacred and Profane' A personalized PBS video experience is only a few clicks away.
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You'll be able to manage videos in your Watchlist, keep track of your favorite shows, watch PBS in high definition, and much more! We have updated our registration process. Caravaggio. Michelangelo Merisi (or Amerighi) da Caravaggio (Italian pronunciation: [karaˈvaddʒo]; 29 September 1571?
– 18 July? 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1592 (1595?) And 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on Baroque painting.[1][2][3] Caravaggio trained as a painter in Milan under Simone Peterzano who had himself trained under Titian.
An early published notice on him, dating from 1604 and describing his lifestyle three years previously, tells how "after a fortnight's work he will swagger about for a month or two with a sword at his side and a servant following him, from one ball-court to the next, ever ready to engage in a fight or an argument, so that it is most awkward to get along with him Biography[edit] Early life (1571–1592)[edit] Rome (1592/95–1600)[edit] Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus, 1601.